In contact with US authorities over Pak national allegedly involved in murder plot: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday said that they were in contact with the US authorities and awaiting further details regarding the alleged involvement of a Pakistani national in connection with an assassination plot in the United States.
“We have seen the media reports. We are in touch with the US authorities and await further details. We have also noted the statements by US officials that this is an ongoing investigation,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.
In response to the media queries, she also stated that before giving any formal reaction, the government also needed to be sure of the antecedents of the individual in question, the official news agency reported.
A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the US in connection to a foiled plot to assassinate a US politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Asif Merchant, 46, sought to recruit people in the US to carry out the plot in retaliation for the US killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ top commander Qassem Soleiman in 2020, according to a criminal complaint.